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| structure that produces movement of the body |
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| group of skeletal muscles in one body part or the muscles in the body as a whole |
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| sac of synovial membrane that contains synovial fluid. Decreases friction where a tendon rubs against the bone near synovial joint. |
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| straightening or extending a joint |
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| moving body part toward the midline |
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| moving body part away from the midline |
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| moving a body part around its axis |
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| turning palm of hand upward |
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| turning palm of hand downward |
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| loss of muscle bulk in one or more muscles |
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| pertaining to or characterized by atrophy. |
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| condition in which the muscle tears away from the tendon or the tendon tears away from the bone. |
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| inactivity or paralysis coupled with continuing nerve impulses can cause an arm or leg to become progressively flexed or drawn into a position where it beomes nearly immovable. |
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| pain located at specific trigger points in the muscles of the neck, back, or hips. |
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| straightening the leg or arm more than normal |
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| bending the joint too far |
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| bleeding in the muscle caused by blunt trauma |
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| painful but temporary condition with a sudden, severe, involuntary, and prolonged contraction of the muscle, often in the legs. |
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| painful spasm of the muscles on one side of the neck |
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| overstretching of a muscle |
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| genetic inherited disease due to a mutation of the gene that makes the muscle protein dystophin. Without dystrophin the muscles weaken and then atrophy |
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| pain in one or more muscles due to injury or muscle disease. |
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| pain in several muscle groups |
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| abnormal and rapid fatigue of the muscles, particularly in the muscles of the face, where there is ptosis of the eyelids. |
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| many different diseases of the muscles |
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| inflammation of a muscle with localized swelling and tenderness. |
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| chronic progressive disease that causes widespread inflammation of muscles with weakness and fatigue |
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| causes a skin rash as well as muscle weakness and inflammation |
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| benign tumor that arises from muscle. |
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| cancerous tumor that arises from muscle |
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| occurs after body is dead. As each muscle fiber dies, its stored calcium is released and this causes the muscle fiber and then each muscle of the body to contract. |
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| incoordination of the muscles during movement particularly incoordination of the gait. |
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| abnormally slow muscle movements or a decrease in the number of spontaneous muscle movements. |
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| abnormal motions that occur because of difficulty controlling the voluntary muscles. |
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| jerking, tics, spasms of the muscle |
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| some muscles are flexed and some are extended on the hand |
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| abnormally increased amount of muscle movements |
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| small, involuntary sometimes jerky, back and forth movements of the hands, neck, jaw, or extremeties. |
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| inflammation of the bursal sac because of repetitive muscle contractions or pressure on the bone underneath the bursa |
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| inflammation of the fascia around the muscle |
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| semisolid or fluid containing cyst that develops on a tendon, often in the wrist, hand, or foot. |
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| pain and inflammation of the tendons of the flexor muscles of the lower leg over the anterior tibia. Overuse injury |
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| inflammation of any tendon from injury or overuse |
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| infammation and pain due to overuseof a tendon and inability of the synovium to produce enough lubricating fluid. |
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| procedure to diagnose muscle disease or nerve damage |
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| diagnostic procedure in which the drug tensilon is given to confirm a diagnosis of myasthenia gravis. |
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| procedure to cut the fascia and release pressure from built up blood and tissure fluid in a patient with compartment syndrome |
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| procedure to suture together a torn muscle after an injury |
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| procedure to suture together a torn tendon after an injury |
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| aspirin, decrease inflammation and pain |
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| block acetylcholine receptors to prevent muscle contraction |
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| rare congenital condition in which some or all of the cranium and cerebrum are missing in a newborn |
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| loss of the ability to communicate verbally or in writing |
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| limited impairment that involves some difficulty speaking or understanding words |
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| arteriovenous malformation |
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| abnormality in which arteries in the brain connect directly to veins, forming an abnormal twisted nest of blood vessels. |
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| disruption or blockage of blood flow to the brain, which causes tissue death and an area of necrosis |
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| condition that occurs when blood flow and oxygen are kept from a particular part of the body |
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| weakness on one side of the body |
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| paralysis on one side of the body |
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| deep state of unconsciousness and unresponsiveness caused by trauma or disease in the brain |
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| traumatic injury to the brain that results in an immediate loss of consciousness that continues for a brief or prolonged period of time |
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| traumatic injury to the brain or spinal cord |
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| disease of the brain in which many neurons in the cerebrum die, the cerebral ccortex shrinks in size, and there is progressive deterioration in mental function. |
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| inflammation and infection of the brain caused by a virus |
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| a visual, olfactory, sensory, or auditory, sign that warns them of an impending seizure |
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| sleepiness and confusion following a tonic-clonic seizure |
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| state of prolonged continuous seizure activity or frequently repeated individual seizures. |
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| localized collection of blood in the brain because of ruptured artery or vein |
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| condition in which an excessive amount of cerebrospinal fluid is produced or the flow of cerebrospinal fluid is blocked |
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| inflammation and infection of the meninges of the brain or spinal cord caused by bacteria or virus. |
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| stiff neck with pain and inability to touch the chin to the chest |
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| temporary loss of consciousness. |
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| congenital abnormality of the neural tube |
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| protrusion of the meninges through the defect |
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| meningomyelocele/ myelomeningocele |
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| protrusion of the meninges and the spinal cord |
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| inability to voluntarily move the muscles |
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| paralysis of all four extremities |
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| without nerve impulses, the muscles lose their tone and firmness and eventually atrophy |
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| amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
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| chronic progressive disease of the motor nerves coming from the spinal cord |
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| condition in which there is abnormally heightened awareness and sensitvity to touch and increased response to painful stimuli |
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| chronic progressive degenerative autoimmune disease in which the body makes antibodies against myelin. |
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| pain along the path of a nerve and its branches that is caused by an injury |
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| severe, burning pain along a nerve and its branches |
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| inflammation or infection of a nerve |
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| is generalized inflammation of many nerves in one part of the body or all the nerves in the body |
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| hereditary disease with multiple benign fibrous tumors that arise from the peripheal nerves |
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| general category for any type of disease or injury to a nerve |
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| condition in which abnormal sensations such as tingling, burning, or pinpricks are felt on the skin |
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| axial tomography (CT, CAT SCAN) |
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| procedure that uses xrays to create many individual, closely spaces images |
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| procedure in which a radioplaque contrast dye is injected into the subarachnoid space at the level of the L3 and L4 vertebrae. |
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| diagnostic precedure to record the electrical activity of the brain |
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| procedure in which an EEG is used to record changes in brain waves that occur following various stimuli |
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| procedure to measure the speed at which an electrical impulse travels along a nerve |
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| multifaceted test to diagnose the underlying conditions that can cause insomnia, sleep disruption, sleep apnea, or narcolepsy |
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| procedure in which a fracture of the vertebrae is immobilized while it heals |
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| procedure that used an electrical device to control pain |
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| surgical insicion into the cranium to expose the brain tissue |
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| procedure to remove plaque from the carotid artery |
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| surgical excision of part or all of the herniated nucleus pulposus from an intervertebral disk |
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| surgical excision of the lamina |
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| stereotactic neurosurgery |
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| procedure that uses three dimensions to excise a tumor deep within the cerebrum |
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| ventriculoperitoneal shunt |
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| procedure to insert a plastic tube to connect the ventricles of the brain to the peritoneal cavity |
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| antiepileptic drugs/anticonvulsant |
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| prevents seizures of epilepsy |
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